My Trigeminal Neuralgia is back.

7 years ago I had Trigeminal Neuralgia, but it went away after I got all my teeth removed.

At that time, I had FLU LIKE SYMPTOMs, I see in my diary.

Again now, I had just gotten over a flu and the TN hit.

Does anyone else relate flu and TN?

There are also "seasonal factors" - they say TN is more common in the spring and fall, perhaps due to the low angle of the sun. For sure, bright sunlight triggers my TN now {I was just outside and it started to hit, I came in an it is not getting worse, it has not hit full on yet today}

Also, and I feel so stupid about this, it is tomatoe season and I love bacon and tomatoe sandwiches and so I have been eating BACON, which has nitrates , which are a known trigger for TN. I know better than to eat bacon, for lots of reasons. Silly me.

Anyone else with TN have these triggers/precipitating factors?

And what are you doing to treat the TN? I got Carbamazipine yesterday from the ER. It seems to be helping, as I felt an attack come on this afternoon but nothing happened.

I would sure like to hear from other TN victims.